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Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland

Preventive strategies can be developed by gathering more information about oral and maxillofacial injuries and oral pathologies in immigrants from low- to middle-income countries (LMIC). Additional information on the quality of care can also improve the allocation of clinical resources for the manag...

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Autores principales: Loutroukis, Triantafillos, Loutrouki, Ekaterini, Klukowska-Rötzler, Jolanta, Koba, Sabine, Schlittler, Fabian, Schaller, Benoit, Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K., Doulberis, Michael, Srivastava, David S., Papoutsi, Silvana, Burkhard, John Patrik M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7369963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32646020
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134906
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author Loutroukis, Triantafillos
Loutrouki, Ekaterini
Klukowska-Rötzler, Jolanta
Koba, Sabine
Schlittler, Fabian
Schaller, Benoit
Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.
Doulberis, Michael
Srivastava, David S.
Papoutsi, Silvana
Burkhard, John Patrik M.
author_facet Loutroukis, Triantafillos
Loutrouki, Ekaterini
Klukowska-Rötzler, Jolanta
Koba, Sabine
Schlittler, Fabian
Schaller, Benoit
Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.
Doulberis, Michael
Srivastava, David S.
Papoutsi, Silvana
Burkhard, John Patrik M.
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description Preventive strategies can be developed by gathering more information about oral and maxillofacial injuries and oral pathologies in immigrants from low- to middle-income countries (LMIC). Additional information on the quality of care can also improve the allocation of clinical resources for the management of these patients. We studied immigrants from LMIC who presented in the emergency department (ED) at Berne University Hospital with dental problems or oral or maxillofacial injuries. The patient data included age, gender, nationality, the etiology and type of trauma and infection in the oral-maxillofacial area, and overall costs. The greatest incidence of maxillofacial injuries was observed in the age group of 16–35 years (n = 128, 63.6%, p = 0.009), with males outnumbering females in all age groups. Trauma cases were most frequent in the late evening and were mostly associated with violence (n = 82, 55.4%, p = 0.001). The most common fracture was fracture of the nose (n = 31). The mean costs were approximately the same for men (mean = 2466.02 Swiss francs) and women (mean = 2117.95 Swiss francs) with maxillofacial injuries but were greater than for isolated dental problems. In conclusion, the etiology of dental and maxillofacial injuries in immigrants in Switzerland requires better support in the prevention of violence and continued promotion of oral health education.
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spelling pubmed-73699632020-07-21 Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland Loutroukis, Triantafillos Loutrouki, Ekaterini Klukowska-Rötzler, Jolanta Koba, Sabine Schlittler, Fabian Schaller, Benoit Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K. Doulberis, Michael Srivastava, David S. Papoutsi, Silvana Burkhard, John Patrik M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Preventive strategies can be developed by gathering more information about oral and maxillofacial injuries and oral pathologies in immigrants from low- to middle-income countries (LMIC). Additional information on the quality of care can also improve the allocation of clinical resources for the management of these patients. We studied immigrants from LMIC who presented in the emergency department (ED) at Berne University Hospital with dental problems or oral or maxillofacial injuries. The patient data included age, gender, nationality, the etiology and type of trauma and infection in the oral-maxillofacial area, and overall costs. The greatest incidence of maxillofacial injuries was observed in the age group of 16–35 years (n = 128, 63.6%, p = 0.009), with males outnumbering females in all age groups. Trauma cases were most frequent in the late evening and were mostly associated with violence (n = 82, 55.4%, p = 0.001). The most common fracture was fracture of the nose (n = 31). The mean costs were approximately the same for men (mean = 2466.02 Swiss francs) and women (mean = 2117.95 Swiss francs) with maxillofacial injuries but were greater than for isolated dental problems. In conclusion, the etiology of dental and maxillofacial injuries in immigrants in Switzerland requires better support in the prevention of violence and continued promotion of oral health education. MDPI 2020-07-07 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7369963/ /pubmed/32646020 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134906 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Loutroukis, Triantafillos
Loutrouki, Ekaterini
Klukowska-Rötzler, Jolanta
Koba, Sabine
Schlittler, Fabian
Schaller, Benoit
Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.
Doulberis, Michael
Srivastava, David S.
Papoutsi, Silvana
Burkhard, John Patrik M.
Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland
title Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland
title_full Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland
title_fullStr Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland
title_full_unstemmed Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland
title_short Violence as the Most Frequent Cause of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries among the Patients from Low- and Middle-Income Countries—A Retrospective Study at a Level I Trauma University Emergency Department in Switzerland
title_sort violence as the most frequent cause of oral and maxillofacial injuries among the patients from low- and middle-income countries—a retrospective study at a level i trauma university emergency department in switzerland
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7369963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32646020
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134906
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